# NousResearch/hermes-agent · home_channel string vs dict config parsing bug

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #33141: hermes config set writes platforms.<name>.home_channel as string, but HomeChannel.from_dict expects dict
- PR #108699: fix(cli): wrap a bare platforms.<name>.home_channel chat id into the mapping the gateway reads
- PR #123431: fix(gateway): honour a bare-id home_channel in a platform block

A bug where hermes config set writes home_channel as a bare string, but the parsing code expects a dict. Multiple fixes and related improvements to config key handling are tracked here.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.33`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #33141: hermes config set writes platforms.<name>.home_channel as string, but HomeChannel.from_dict expects dict

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39826: fix(config): accept string home channel values**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#33145`, `#33532`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#33145: fix(gateway): accept bare-string home_channel from \`hermes config set\`**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#33532: fix(config): coerce bare-string home_channel + improve api_server.key messages (fixes #33141, fixes #33207)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `50c66b2f8e`, `#33141`, `#33207`
- **#108699: fix(cli): wrap a bare platforms.<name>.home_channel chat id into the mapping the gateway reads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#33141`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_platforms_home_channel.py`
- **#123431: fix(gateway): honour a bare-id home_channel in a platform block**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#1`, `#2`, `#122952`, `#123106`, `#120689`, `#123348`
  - files: `gateway/config.py`, `gateway/config_loader.py`, `tests/gateway/test_home_channel_bare_id.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`